EHS Manager - Chattanooga, TN

Archer Daniels Midland • Chattanooga, TN

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About The Position

The EHS Manager works closely with plant management to deliver the facility’s safety action plan and meet environmental obligations. The role provides leadership, guidance, mentoring, training, and public presentations as needed, and advises management on the status of safety action plan activities and environmental responsibilities. It builds management and employee commitment to safety, evaluates health, safety, and environmental programs through monitoring and auditing, and helps the facility understand and implement applicable regulations and policies. The manager leads safety and environmental activities tracked by management indexes, oversees safety reporting in a computer-based safety management system, champions colleague safety engagement, participates in incident investigations, and oversees injured-colleague cases.

The position requires working in office, indoor, and outdoor settings, including environments with extreme heat or cold. Minimal travel is required and may be reactionary on short notice. Relocation assistance is available. ADM requires successful completion of a background check.

Requirements

• At least five years of work experience in a dedicated health and safety position, or a degree in Safety.
• Demonstrated leadership skills.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, including public presentation ability.
• Strong computer skills, including Microsoft Office, and the ability to quickly learn and use other standardized systems.
• Ability to work effectively and enthusiastically on a team.
• Ability to recognize hazards, assess risk, and recommend controls.
• Ability to work in office, indoor, and outdoor environments, including extreme heat and cold.
• Ability to travel minimally, sometimes on short notice.
• Successful completion of a background check is required.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree strongly preferred; it may be waived with extraordinary experience.
• Board of Certified Safety Professionals (BCSP) certification preferred, or desire or commitment to achieve certification.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with plant management to achieve safety action plan success.
• Provide leadership, guidance, mentoring, training, and public presentations as needed.
• Advise management on safety action plan progress and environmental obligations.
• Build management and employee dedication to safety through leadership and influence.
• Monitor and audit health, safety, and environmental programs and policies to evaluate their effectiveness.
• Communicate health, safety, and environmental regulatory requirements and help the facility implement and manage them.
• Lead, support, and encourage leading-indicator activities tracked by safety and environmental management indexes.
• Provide leadership and accountability for safety reporting in a computer safety management system.
• Champion and mentor colleague safety engagement, including Values Based (behavior) Safety.
• Lead or participate integrally in incident investigations.
• Lead and oversee injured-colleague cases.

Benefits

• Relocation assistance.
• Medical and prescription coverage, dental insurance, vision insurance, and access to an on-site wellness center or gym reimbursement, as applicable.
• Flexible spending accounts and a health savings account.
• 401(k) with matching contributions and a cash balance plan.
• Discounted employee stock purchasing program.
• Life insurance and disability coverage.
• Workers’ compensation, legal assistance, and identity theft protection.
• Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups, and colleague giving programs.
• Paid time off, including paid holidays.
• Adoption assistance and paid maternity and parental leave.
• Tuition assistance.
• Company-sponsored training and development resources, including LinkedIn Learning, language training, and mentoring programs.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager